Latinos weren't living in the bronx in the 1970s? Puerto Ricans specifically have bee integrated in every low income neighborhoods in NYC since the 1930s
Check the time stamp on the 2nd video with Caz in it. He says Latinos specifically changed the fabric of breakdancing, and even the naysayers from the early 70s say there was at least 1 or 2 latinos that they knew of even though they would dismiss Latinos altogether in the next sentence
This all stems from silly ass twitter and the black vs brown beef that's largely a west coast thing with the Mexicans over there
NY Latinos are a different breed. Ya forget that PR and DR are not only located in the Caribbean but they also part of the West Indies and we have african dna unlike some other Latinos. We grew up in the heart of NYC with black Americans together in every low income neighborhood from Brooklyn to the bronx.
So yes, we were raised in the same environment hip hop gets its inspiration from, you can never take that away
Being raised around us doesn't entitle you to accept ownership of our creations. Stop with the participation trophies. We are talking about ownership. Hip hop is black culture and it's not up for debate.
Why is it that if we go back and list the greatest and most influential figures in hip hop in the early days they're 98% black? Go to the 80's and name the best rappers and tell me how many Hispanics are on there. List the top 50 MC's of all time and tell me it's not +90% black.
Answer this one question. Without us could Ricans and Dominicans have made hip hop on their own?
We made rock, jazz, soul, the blues, etc without your help but you want us to believe we needed you this time around.
Yall don't set trends and create cultural shifts globally black folks do. We taught yall how to b-boy and you become the face of it because we left it alone and created more dances. You get it after us, not the other way around and it's not done in unison. Charlie Chase even says he got heat from Ricans for trying to fukk with black music and he was the only one from his culture out there doing it. Despite proximity there were still boundaries between blacks and Hispanics.